| Squad cost: | 25.91M | 1996-97 fees: | 14.97M | |
| Total players: | 33 | Players in: | 9 | |
| Loaned out: | 1 | |||
| Available squad: | 32 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Martyn | GK | 30 | 1.88 | ENG | 3.02M | ||
| 15 | Mark Andrew Beeney | GK | 29 | 1.93 | ENG | 1993 | 315K | |
| 2 | Gary Kelly | D | 22 | 1.73 | IRL | 1991 | ||
| 3 | Tony Dorigo | D | 31 | 1.75 | ENG | 1.33M | ||
| 5 | Lucas Radebe | D | 28 | 1.86 | RSA | 1994 | 338K | |
| 6 | David Wetherall | D | 26 | 1.91 | ENG | 162K | ||
| 16 | Richard Jobson | D | 34 | 1.85 | ENG | 1.04M | ||
| 18 | Gunnar Halle | D | 31 | 1.83 | NOR | 518K | ||
| 20 | Ian Harte | D | 19 | 1.75 | IRL | |||
| 27 | Alan Maybury | D | 18 | 1.80 | IRL | |||
| 29 | Mark Jackson | D | 19 | ENG | ||||
| 30 | Robert Molenaar | D | 28 | 1.92 | NED | 1.26M | ||
| Paul Beesley | D | 31 | 1.85 | ENG | 1995 | 270K | ||
| 4 | Carlton Palmer | M | 31 | ENG | 2.84M | |||
| 7 | Lee Sharpe | M | 26 | 1.83 | ENG | 6.08M | ||
| 11 | Lee Bowyer | M | 20 | 1.75 | ENG | 3.42M | ||
| 22 | Mark Ford | M | 21 | ENG | 1993 | |||
| 23 | Andrew Couzens | M | 22 | ENG | ||||
| 31 | Martin Foster | M | 19 | 1.68 | ENG | |||
| 33 | Wesley Boyle | M | 18 | 1.83 | NIR | |||
| Jason Blunt | M | 19 | 1.73 | ENG | ||||
| Mark Tinkler | M | 22 | 1.88 | ENG | 1992 | |||
| 8 | Rod Wallace | F | 27 | 1.70 | ENG | 1.71M | ||
| 9 | Ian Rush | F | 35 | 1.83 | WAL | FREE | ||
| 10 | Brian Deane | F | 29 | 1.90 | ENG | FREE | ||
| 14 | Andy Gray | F | 19 | 1.83 | SCO | FREE | ||
| 17 | Derek Lilley | F | 23 | 1.80 | SCO | 675K | ||
| 19 | Harry Kewell | F | 18 | 1.80 | AUS | FREE | ||
| 21 | Anthony Yeboah | F | 31 | GHA | 1995 | 2.93M | ||
| 25 | Pierre Laurent | F | 26 | 1.76 | FRA | Mar | FREE | |
| Mark Hateley | F | 35 | 1.88 | ENG | Loan | |||
| Paul Shepherd | F | 19 | 1.83 | ENG |